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Highlights of Sunday's MLB games

[June 27, 2016] June 26 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Sunday's Major League Baseball games:

White Sox 5, Blue Jays 2

Chris Sale earned his major league-leading 13th victory as the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays.

Sale (13-2) pitched seven scoreless innings before the Blue Jays broke the shutout with a pair of eighth-inning solo homers.

The White Sox left-hander won his fourth straight game, allowing two runs on five hits, walking two and striking out seven in an eight-inning effort -- his longest since a 2-1 complete game victory over Houston on May 19.

Reliever David Robertson worked a perfect ninth for his 20th save.

Indians 9, Tigers 3

Mike Napoli and Lonnie Chisenhall each hit two-run homers while Cleveland was scoring six times on four home runs off Justin Verlander in the fifth inning to overpower Detroit.

Josh Tomlin (9-1) struggled with his control for four innings before settling in to help Cleveland win its ninth straight game and improve to 9-0 over Detroit. Three of the six hits he allowed were solo home runs.

Verlander (7-6) allowed nine hits, walked two and struck out five in 4 2/3 innings, his shortest start since lasting 4-1/3 innings in his second outing of the year.

Marlins 6, Cubs 1

Jose Fernandez struck out 13 and continued his dominance at home as Miami defeated slumping Chicago.

The Marlins took three out of four in the series against the Cubs, who have lost six of their past seven games overall. The Marlins, meanwhile, are six games over .500 of the first time since June 2012.

Fernandez, who is 24-1 with a 1.48 ERA in his career at Marlins Park and is 10-3 overall this season with a 2.28 ERA, held the Cubs to four hits -- all singles -- three walks and one run in seven innings.

Braves 5, Mets 2

A first-inning homer by Freddie Freeman was the only offense Atlanta could muster against New York nemesis Bartolo Colon, but Bud Norris was even better.

Norris (3-7) allowed just four singles over seven scoreless innings and the Mets' bullpen imploded in the eighth inning as the Braves gained a split of the four-game series.

Freeman added a double, single and walk to his 13th home run, and Adonis Garcia connected for a three-run homer in the eighth inning

Twins 7, Yankees 1

Tyler Duffey retired the first 17 hitters and took a shutout into the eighth inning and Minnesota hit three of its season-high six home runs in the sixth inning during a victory over New York.

Brian Dozier, Trevor Plouffe and Max Kepler hit consecutive homers in the sixth as the Twins ended a three-game skid. Danny Santana, Eduardo Nunez and Juan Centeno also homered.

Duffey (3-6) pitched a career-high eight innings, allowing one run and two hits, but he spent a good portion of his 22nd career start flirting with perfection.

The right-hander did not allow any Yankee to reach base through his first 75 pitches, getting eight groundouts, five outs in the air and four strikeouts.

His bid for a perfect game ended on a 0-1 pitch to Aaron Hicks, who lined a double into right field.

Reds 3, Padres 0

Anthony DeSclafani pitched eight shutout innings and Jay Bruce homered as the Cincinnati Reds avoided the sweep with a victory over San Diego in the finale of a four-game series.

DeSclafani allowed just five hits to help the Reds avoid their first-ever four-game sweep at the hands of the Padres.

DeSclafani (2-0) had five strikeouts, no walks and one hit batter. It was his fourth start since coming off the disabled list with an oblique injury suffered late in spring training.

Orioles 12, Rays 5

Chris Davis hit a first-inning grand slam and Jonathan Schoop and Mark Trumbo both homered later as Baltimore wrapped up a four-game sweep of Tampa Bay.

Davis' homer in the first gave them a quick 4-0 lead. Schoop's solo homer and Trumbo's two-run blast gave the Orioles some insurance.

Royals 6, Astros 1

Kendrys Morales homered twice and rookie Cheslor Cuthbert blasted a two-run shot as Kansas City topped Houston to avoid being swept in the three-game series.

Morales began the five-run seventh with a shot into the Astros' right field bullpen to break a 1-1 tie. It was Morales' 15th career multi-home run game. He homered in the fourth for the first Kansas City run.

Alcides Escobar singled before Cuthbert's home run, his seventh, on an 0-1 Doug Fister pitch.

Left-hander Tony Sipp was summoned to get the final out of the seventh, but instead allowed a single to Alex Gordon, a double to Lorenzo Cain, which was his third hit, and a two-run double to Eric Hosmer.

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Nationals 3, Brewers 2

Tanner Roark threw seven shutout innings while Jose Lobaton and Clint Robinson homered as Washington snapped a seven-game losing streak with a win over Milwaukee at Miller Park.

Roark held Milwaukee to seven hits and a walk while striking out seven to pick up a victory for the third time in his last four starts.

He had little to show for his work early on as the Nationals managed just one hit off Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson, who only lasted five innings in large part because of five walks.

Ranges 6, Red Sox 2

The Texas Rangers jumped on Boston starter Clay Buchholz for three runs before he retired a batter and eased to a 6-2 victory over the Red Sox.

Texas opened the first inning with four straight singles off Buchholz (3-8), with Nomar Mazara and Adrian Beltre each collecting an RBI with hits. Rougned Odor brought in another run with a bloop single as the Rangers had five hits in the inning.

That was plenty of support for lefty Martin Perez (7-4), who won his sixth straight decision after allowing one run in six innings.

Angels 7, A's 6

Jefry Marte hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 7-6 win over the Oakland Athletics.

Mike Trout and Albert Pujols each had three of the Angels' 13 hits, with Trout adding a two-run home run, as Los Angeles broke a six-game losing streak.

Right-hander Huston Street (3-1) received the win in relief.

Coco Crisp hit a grand slam for the A's and Marcus Semien added a solo homer.

Giants 8, Phillies 7

Conor Gillaspie followed a double by Ramiro Pena with a double into the right-field corner, providing the San Francisco Giants an 8-7, walk-off win over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Angel Pagan had four hits, scored three runs and drove in a pair for the Giants, who provided manager Bruce Bochy with win No. 800 in his San Francisco career.

Cory Gearrin (3-0), the fourth Giants pitcher, got the win after escaping a two-on, two-out jam in the top of the ninth.

Gonzalez (0-1) took the loss.

Cardinals 11, Mariners 6

The St. Louis Cardinals used 13 extra-base hits, including six solo home runs over the final four innings, to beat the Seattle Mariners.

Tommy Pham hit his first two home runs of the season with solo shots in the seventh and ninth innings.

Matt Carpenter added a pair of homers, and St. Louis teammates Jedd Gyorko and Matt Holliday also hit solo home runs.

The Cardinals (39-35) scored their final six runs on solo shots after amassing four extra-base hits to rally from a 3-1 deficit with a four-run fifth.

Rockies 9, Diamondbacks 7

Mark Reynolds hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning, giving the Colorado Rockies a 9-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Leading off the ninth, Trevor Story, who had tied the game in the seventh with his 19th homer, was hit with a Silvino Bracho (0-1) pitch on the left forearm.

Bracho struck out Carlos Gonzalez and got pinch-hitter Tony Wolters to fly out, before Reynolds belted his eighth homer, a 464-foot blast to center on a 2-1 pitch.

Carlos Estevez (2-5) pitched the ninth for Colorado, striking out two of the three batters he faced.

Pirates 4, Dodgers 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw lost for the first time in two months, giving up David Freese's three-run double during a four-run Pittsburgh second inning that carried the Pirates past Los Angeles.

Justin Turner drove in all three Dodgers runs with a two-run homer and an RBI double against Pirates right-hander Chad Kuhl (1-0), who was making his major league debut, but it wasn't enough to support Kershaw in a rare uneven start by the former NL MVP and Cy Young Award winner.

Kershaw (11-2) lost for the first time since allowing five runs in seven innings against Miami on April 26 -- giving up nine hits and four runs, striking out two and walking four in six innings.

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